As the demands of dynamic, interdisciplinary research landscapes continue to evolve, UCI Libraries met this challenge through new librarianship roles that specifically support data-driven emerging areas of research.
Danielle Kane, UCI Libraries’ new Computational Research Librarian, focuses on computationally centered, data-driven research and reproducible research workflow development. In this role, Kane meets with researchers for one-on-one consultations to help strategize computational research methods. Recently, she helped a researcher test drone flight data files by writing a short demo “shell script” in Unix to test against.
Kane also designs and provides library-based instructional programs on related techniques that help researchers document and preserve experiments and computational analysis. She coordinates the Libraries' “Carpentries” program on a range of topics from coding with Python and R to working with tools like Unix, Git, and OpenRefine.
As university research develops, so does the Libraries’ strategy for effective and innovative information literacy services. In a world where computational analysis is increasingly common, our librarians continue to meet these new and evolving research needs.
Click here to register to attend a UCI Libraries Digital Scholarship Services workshop.
Click here to schedule an appointment with Computational Research Librarian, Danielle Kane, or another Digital Scholarship Services librarian. For more information, please contact Madelynn Dickerson, Head of Digital Scholarship Services at mrosed@uci.edu.